Planting Around Garden Enclosures

The outside line of the garden enclosure on the lawn side should always be hidden with foliage. A mixed plantation of flowering shrubs, with a few pyramidal evergreens at the corners, is very effective. In the Southern States, where many of the broad-leaved evergreens are hardy, the English Laurels, Laurestinus and Carolina Cherry, should be more widely used in such plantings. The flowering shrubs outside the garden, lifting their heads above the garden enclosure, add a charm to the scene quite in tune with the floral effects within, and the sinuous outline of the border plantation is in perfect harmony with the naturalistic aspect of the garden from without. At desirable viewpoints the planting should be low so that a glimpse may be had of the lawn, plantations or distant scenes.

Fig. 134. Annuals used as a border in a garden with turf walks, showing a good treatment of walks, beds and plants. The arrangement and growth are such that the outline of the beds are lost in the general scene, the whole making a pleasing picture. See page 162.

Fig. 134. - Annuals used as a border in a garden with turf walks, showing a good treatment of walks, beds and plants. The arrangement and growth are such that the outline of the beds are lost in the general scene, the whole making a pleasing picture. - See page 162.

Fig. 135. Evergreens in the garden should be placed at regular intervals. These are well arranged at the corners and ends of beds where they are bisected by the walks. See page 163.

Fig. 135. - Evergreens in the garden should be placed at regular intervals. These are well arranged at the corners and ends of beds where they are bisected by the walks. - See page 163.

Planting Around Garden Enclosures 146Planting Plan. Fig. 137.

Planting Plan. - Fig. 137.

See pages 168, 169.

Key To Planting Plan.-Fig. 137-Seepage 167.

Fig. 137. - An interesting garden plan. A circular fountain and pool in the center of the elliptical garden on the lower level is the dominant feature. - See page 170.

Key No.

Quan.

Variety

Common Name

I

9.

Iris Kaempferi, blue

Blue Japanese Flag

2.

12.

Phlox divaricata

Early Blue Phlox

3.

7.

Delphinium hybridum

Tall Larkspur

4.

12.

Stokesia cyanea

Stoke's Aster

4l

5.

Funkia lancifolia

Plantain Lily

5.

10.

Iris pallida dalmatica

Lavender Flag

6.

IO

Iris Candida

Flag

7.

7.

Anchusa, Dropmore var.

Alkanet

8.

IO

Veronica spicata

Speedwell

9.

15.

Platycodon Mariesi

Chinese Bellflower

IO

7.

Baptisia australis

False Indigo

10½

5.

Funkia caerulea

Plantain Lily

11.

7.

Baptisia australis

False Indigo

II½

5.

Funkia lancifolia

Plantain Lily

12.

15.

Stokesia cyanea

Stoke's Aster

13.

. 7.

Delphinium hybridum

Tall Larkspur

14.

12.

Phlox divaricata

Early Blue Phlox

15.

IO

Iris Yolande

Flag

16.

IO

Iris Thavista

Flag

17.

7.

Aconitum Napellus

Monkshood

18.

IO

Veronica spicata

Speedwell

19.

15.

Platycodon Mariesii

Chinese Bellflower

19½

5.

Funkia caerulea

Plantain Lily

20.

9.

Iris Kaempferi

Blue Japanese Flag

21.

4.

Taxus baccata fastigiata

Irish Yew

22.

8.

Taxus baccata fastigiata

Irish Yew

23.

2.

Cotoneaster Simonsii

Shining Rose Bo

24.

8.

Ilex aquifolium

English Holly

25.

9.

Iris Canary Bird

Yellow Flag

26.

8.

Hemerocallis flava

Day Lily

27.

IO

Pentstemon barbatus

Beard's Tongue

28.

14.

Arabis albida

Rock Cress

29.

15.

Phlox R. P. Struthers

Phlox

30.

12.

Aquilegia caerulea

Columbine

31.

IO

Paeonia grandiflora rubra

Red Peony

32.

II

Iberis sempervirens

Candytuft

33.

5.

Gypsophila paniculata

Baby's Breath

34.

7.

Paeonia festiva maxima

White Peony

35.

5.

Digitalis purpurea

Foxglove

36.

7.

Funkia lancifolia

Plantain Lily

37.

7.

Chrysanthemum Sunshine

Chrysanthemum

38.

9.

Heuchera sanguinea

Alum Root

39.

5.

Delphinium chinense

Chinese Larkspur

40.

7.

Valeriana officinalis

Garden Heliotrope

41.

5.

Sedum spectabile

Showy Sedum

42.

5.

Iris Kaempferi

Japanese Flag

43.

7.

Iris pallida dalmatica

Lavender Flag

44.

7.

Funkia japonica

Plantain Lily

45.

7.

Iris aurea

Yellow Flag

46.

8.

Iris Kaempferi

Japanese Flag

47.

5.

Aquilegia caerulea

Columbine

48.

9.

Phlox 1'Evenement

Pink Phlox